January 22, 2013, 4:42PM

The city's sales tax revenue dropped in November to $552,781 less than last year when the city was not collecting an extra penny in sales tax. The City Council approved a penny increase in October, which went into effect on Nov. 1. Full story »

June 14, 2012, 3:45PM

The city's finance office had previously projected the deficit to be $29 million, but said today that it could be as small as $13 million, if the city defers some expenses and draws on its reserve, according to the city's finance office. Full story »

March 01, 2012, 7:01AM

Mobile’s expected budget deficit next year, already projected to run $27 million, may be even larger because of a bigger-than-expected bill from the city’s Police and Firefighters Pension Fund. Full story »

January 23, 2012, 1:33AM

It will require a painful conversation that;s not going to be popular, but nonetheless is long overdue. If Mobile hopes to balance the budget for 2013, it will have to either find new revenue or cut way past the fat to make ends meet. Full story »

January 18, 2012, 3:47PM

MOBILE, Alabama -- A looming budget deficit has drifted to the Mobile City Council’s back burner in recent weeks, but Barbara Malkove, Mayor Sam Jones’ finance director, said Tuesday that the problem still hasn’t been solved. Full story »

December 01, 2011, 6:01AM

Mobile City Council members are scheduled to sit down with Mayor Sam Jones on Tuesday to discuss a projected shortfall in the city’s 2013 budget, but the talks may not get far unless they can agree on just how large that shortfall is likely to be. Full story »

November 22, 2011, 5:38AM

MOBILE, Alabama -- If revenues and expenditures hold steady, the City of Mobile’s general fund would quickly burn through the reserve left over from 2012 and finish 2013 with a deficit of about $5.2 million. However, a number of factors listed by the city’s finance director suggest the numbers will be substantially worse. Full story »

August 16, 2011, 3:00PM

The city of Mobile is socking away extra cash from its temporary sales-tax increase, but likely will finish the fiscal year on a sour note, Finance Director Barbara Malkove told the City Council this morning. Full story »

March 24, 2010, 7:01AM

A senior city official said Tuesday that cutbacks to office supplies and other operating expenses would be enough to head off a looming multimillion-dollar budget shortfall, but some council members said more austere measures will probably be needed. Full story »

February 24, 2010, 7:01AM

The city's 2010 budget anticipated a drop in business license revenue, but nothing approaching the collapse reflected in the latest financial report. The city in its first quarter collected $19.3 million in business license fees, compared with $23.5 million last year. Full story »